Thursday, February 6, 2014

The Fourteenth Pass

By the fourteenth pass through a story to edit or revise it, I find it very easy to cut out excess. By that time any love affair with cute phrasing or delicious words has expired or been replaced with hate.

Finished with the revisions before comment on chapters six and seven and getting close to finishing on chapter eight.

Sheer stubbornness keeps me going now as I am convinced that even at my very best, this novel will not make the market place.

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